Dublin, 16-20 June 2008

Beginning in 2007, Salesforce.com has committed to developing an integrated Sustainability Program into its corporate strategy and thereby infusing Sustainability best practices into every aspect of our business.
Salesforce.com sustainability initiative is currently guided by Volunteer Staff and grassroots efforts based on three main principles: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
Our volunteer sustainability efforts are focused on making changes where we can, researching current practices and beginning a collaborative dialogue with salesforce.com employees.

During the week 16-20 June, several salesforce.com offices have been involved in the running of activities for the Global Earth week.
Overall the week constituted an effort to raise awareness on global warming and offered suggestions to employees on how to reduce the carbon footprints, both at work and at home.

Earth council members have worked hard to come up with interesting activities aimed to make some positive impact within our communities.

Throughout the region we have now policy in place to recycle paper & plastic. Lights in most of the offices work on-timer and we use biodegradable cleaning products.

Only ceramic & silver-ware are used for cups and cutlery.

The Earth council is also coordinating to perform Energy Audits for individual offices wherever this service is provided.
The Council receives and responds to 100's of employees' questions as this is crucial to understand what is important to them and what their suggestions are in regards to what the company could do in this area.
If you would like to get in touch contact: earthforce@salesforce.com.

Examples of initiatives happened during the Global Earth week in EMEA:

*In Morges, a group of volunteers engaged with the City council and became active in their environmental program. 2 activities have been organized so far around the Lake Geneva area (the second largest freshwater lake in Central Europe).

*In Dublin the ‘Leave your Car at home' competition saw the participation of 60 members of staff. Over 450 driving miles weren't driven by car, resulting in a saving a considerable amount of CO2 emission in just one day.

Commuters who use public transport can now benefit of a ‘Saver Commuter Scheme' and purchase annual tickets at a great saving.

*The North UK-Ireland field sales team spent a very wet afternoon cleaning up a park, improving the look of the district main green area.

We receive and respond to 100's of employees' questions as this is crucial to understand what is important to YOU and what YOUR suggestions are in regards to what the company could do in this area.

If you have suggestions contact: earthforce@salesforce.com.